Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-09
GENERAL Markets.
Prsduce and Provisions,

ST. Louis, mo, March s-Flour-Nartet
fairly active and firm. Wheat active, unsettled4
and very irregular; n arket opened firm Il a Se,
soon weakened declined lt4Gl2ac, rec vered |
part of loss, weakened, and closed sGif C |
lower than Yesterday, exec ptingj May, which !
closed only &c lower. No. red cash 81 GSl &C: /
May Slls S3ilc, closing at 81 June 50 a Is |
So sc, closing at S2lsc asked; July SG4d SIG |
size, Osiog at SO'sc. Corn market duh and
No 2miNed. lash, 35l,c; April S5lsc ASKED |
May So a 1864 bid, closing at sc &C bid; jane
37lsc bid. Oats very dull and easier; No. m lIei
cash 2Sitc; May 2Ss. as sc. COrnmeal sotiVg
and strons at g OOG2 o.. Whisky 81 1879
Wool fairly active, firm; mi dluEns;ST 6ZBe; 4
coarse braid, l6@2lc; low ssHdys fSls1gc; fine
and arm PORK SIS GO. Lsrs s. 30. BuIk !
meats, loose lots long Gle ,r Is Is; short ribs
IS 40; shO:t clear IS so; boxed hos long ceanj
S. ~; shCrs ribs IS so; short .etesr ss6sfs. |
S ST. short clear, 50 00G9 l2lt. Hams firm at
Sl1 5OGl4 90. Afternoon boar Wheat very
weak '. G2sc lower Com weak lsd1ic lower. |
Nav YORK, March -Flour-shade stronger
moderately active, mainly for hOmeuse. Wheat
Spot 4 a &C higher and less active, closing
weaker; options opened tiGl,C higher, ruled |
easier and declined lGl's closing with heavy
speculation and fairly active. SCOT No. red, |
81 4a92l.c at store; May, 80 r,a8iaac, closing
at 95lac; June, 95is d94'sc, closing at 9}1sc: |
July, SO asa &C, closing at 939s C COrn-SpOt |
firm and quiet; options gaze lower closing
heavy; spot No. 9, 49i4c st elevator; May 1870
1870, closing at 49, &c; June 44i!G49zsc closing
49tsc. COfee-SpOt, fair; Rio dull a. SI4 G2l5 |
options lower and fairly active; sales, 81 80
bags; March, $l2 sop SIS; April, SD 75Gl2 80; !
May, SD 1922 80; June and July $l2 956l3 10;
August and Sertember $l2 S5GI3 90; October
November and December ST. 9OGI3 Oj; Janu-
airy Sl3 90 sugar firm, with moderate inquiry
Q l6G55sc; mould y SIC; standard 5 5 Ice
cut Loaf and crushed 6iId65sC; powdered
5 y l6GG14c;, granul4 ted 55sc; cubes SIC.
Molasses duller; 5O-test Isc. Rice firm, Wool
quiet and barely stf ady; domestic fleece goa
$Sc pulled l4G35c; Texas 9d2jc. Pork firm and
quiet; mess SIS 25d 10 10. Out eats firm. Lad
TG9c higher ana fairly active; western steam
snot, s. 50; May s. siG7 80; June, 81 S7G7 %;
July 81 g2GI IS. Isl
CHICAGO, ILL, March -Speculatlon,ssff
wheat has ben steadily increasing sfux a sysek
and leaps all bounds tc- day, and Ina scene IN.
the tit during both sessions were very Wild
| There YVES n con inuaiiOn of the upward move
ment at first, sales for May being at S33.c, sc
higher tn n last nights closing, followed by
quick advaI Ce 20 S4%r, with free buying all the
way up, This was followed by 8 sharp decline
to s. &C, followed by another upward move.
ment which was not stayed until S5c had been
| touched. Dealing was confined almost en-
| tireIy to May livery, other options being ne.
| glet TED, and the outward evidences were such
that "squeeZe" in that month was to be at
| tempted. ENc ten ent in pit during advance was
very great. "ohorts" tho :Oughly alarmed and
"shOrt" interest is now acknowledged to be SO
| large that This advance OF 81 cents from low
prices current last week meant tremendous
| profits ard in consequence large losses among
/ speCula' Ors. II was conceded that bull leaders
VINO could push wheat in face of heavy
selling and ge, erally beaIi.h tone of market
| for months must be very Powerful and well
equipped for fight. Advance of May from
| S}4C To Sic IVES almost instantaneous
Opinions as to power under advance
were as many almost as operators in the pit.
| After the top was touched, as before It, there
was heavy selling by some of the powers
Identified with the bull side. The market sold
off To sac and closed there. AT l O'Clock In
| the aftein on Msy rose to s6},c, but the offer
| ing soon suddenly grew to be very large. FOR
a time the market swas but one move from
panic. May started in apparently strong but
Immediately logan breaking under enormous
offeriT IS, and dfopped by &C to s33Ic. There
broker could not get what lie wanted for it. he
took what he could get around S3alc. The
feeling becaue steady and prices
ss s e. to Everything G e eaospt ' %seat
was entirely neglected. The market. notwith-
standing violent fluctuations, closed higher
than last night on "cuIb." Late IN the after
noon the price was s4sc. There is very broad
suspicion that moneyed combination contem-
plates squeeze" in whe.t, bat an Interesting
problem for spectators 70 decide now is who
is under It, but the truth Ill probably be found
that there are a number of cliques under it
There are Cincinnati, san Francisco, New York
and Chicago cliques under different sections OF
1t. May and June were quoted at the came
figures at the opening, but May at one time
commanded premium of &C over June, but
THE was reduced IS &c at the close The best
prices in corn were had early wher
May was 4Ol4c. Later It got down to 1896, but
toward the close recovered u little from this
figure, selling at 4OIsc. There were no special
features in the market. Pretty much all hog
products developed into a slow, featureless
sort of deal but prices firm and ma little
advance. Leading futures osed as follows:
WheaE-No. 2, March, 7S3lc; May. SAX; June,
So &c; July, S2llc. Corn-No. ., March, 343lc;
May, 4OG4Olsc; June, 4lc; July, 4l7sc. Mess
$50 IS; June, $50 90. Lard, per 100 pounds
March - 65 Nav 81 so: june. STSL Cash
quotations were as follows: Flour tirmer snd
not quoAbly higher; No spring wheat, ISil6
s0Hc; No corn. 34a ASK; mess pork, per ar
rel, $50 35620 40; lard, per 100 pounds, 81 65;
short rib Sides loose, IS 55aS 60; dry sailed
shoulders, boxed Sc OOa6 IS; short clear sides,
boxed, s. s0as 30; whisky, 81 Is.
Live Stock Markets.
ST LOUIS, Mo, March Seattle Re-
ceipts 1lOOi choice heavy native steers
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